Appetite for Destruction

As soon as Gale ran to get the skeet shooter from the shed and started teaching people how to use it, the outdoor fun began to feel like playing a video game — back when video games encouraged players to shoot things other than pedestrians. Even the gentle, nongun-wielding Düvenci and Moré started shooting with joy. And so originated the idea for how to make the most of the last piece of Tupperware: Throw it in the air. Shoot it midflight.

Everyone stood in a semicircle and fired at the flying Jell-O. On the first throw, the Tupperware was punctured but not obliterated. By now, however, puncturing the Tupperware just wasn't good enough. Jell-O. Must. Splatter.

Pitch photographer Luke Echterling had some duct tape in his truck, and that was used to cover the hole so that everyone could shoot the Tupperware some more. On the second throw, heavier ammo was used and the Tupperware blew to pieces, leaving a scattering of red Jell-O on tall blades of grass blowing in the country breeze. Everyone clapped and cheered.

"Did you get all that Tupperware shot?" Gale's Grandma Ruby asked when everyone went inside for lunch.

Yes, they answered proudly. Yes. Yes, we did. We got all that Tupperware shot.

Back at Tupperware headquarters, head engineer David Kosuma told us that Tupperware isn't intended to be bulletproof.

Regarding the fact that the company had used polycarbonate for the construction of its Rock 'N Serve line, Kosuma said, "Our criteria was to meet the specifications of a lifetime warranty."

Could the Tupperware that was shot up by the artists be returned under said specifications?

"If you returned the Tupperware you had shot," he answered, "my guess is that would be considered an abuse beyond normal use. Normal use would be for food."

Sounds like David Kosuma doesn't know many Midwestern artists.